Metaplanet Prepares a Platform for Launching Bonds Backed by Bitcoin as Collateral
Metaplanet, built on a Japanese investment company, is preparing a platform for launching bonds collateralized by Bitcoin. According to sources cited by Benchmark, the new brokerage structure, Metaplanet Securities, will not be used solely as a funding channel for its own Bitcoin purchases. Instead, it aims to become a full-fledged market for tokenized Bitcoin-backed debt instruments, termed "Bitbonds."
The platform is designed to allow companies accumulating Bitcoin to issue debt to finance further purchases of the cryptocurrency. Initial bond yields are expected to be 4-6% annually. Metaplanet later plans to migrate these bonds onto a blockchain, use stablecoins for settlements, and develop a secondary market.
Final issuance parameters, including the investor pool, loan-to-value ratio, and launch date, remain undisclosed. However, the company has begun surveying investor preferences regarding product design, trading hours, coupon schedules, investor protection, distribution channels, and stablecoin settlements.
This initiative follows Metaplanet's acquisition of Siiibo Securities for approximately $13 million, which provided access to a regulated Japanese securities platform. Previous examples of Bitcoin-linked bonds include those issued by Goldman Sachs in October last year and Sberbank in Russia, whose returns were tied to Bitcoin's price performance.
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